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SPARTANBURG, S.C. –Michaela Gibbons scored a game high 19 points and hauled in a team high six rebounds on Saturday afternoon but it was High Point who walked out of the Eddie and Ann Payne Arena with an 87-61 victory over USC Upstate.

With the loss USC Upstate falls to 4-8, 0-1 BSC and High Point improves to 8-4, 1-0 BSC.

A LOOK AT THE NUMBERS

Michaela Gibbons scored 16 of her 19 points in the first half of Saturday's contest.

Brianna Lewis scored 15 points and had a career high 5 steals in the loss.

Riley Popplewell finished with 14 points and a season high six made free throws.

High Point had five players finish in double figures. Emma Bockrath had a team high 17 points, Camryn Brown and Lindsey Edwards each contributed 15 points, while Bria Gibson and Shea Morgan added 13 and 11 points respectively.

Miya Bull hauled in 13 rebounds for the Panthers and added 5 points in 25 minutes of game time.

The Spartans shot 37 percent from the field, 35 percent from the three-point arch and 85 percent from the free throw line.

High Point shot 43 percent from field, 42 percent from three-point range and 85 percent from the charity stripe.

FIRST QUARTER BREAKDOWN

High Point raced out to a 10-0 lead in the first 4:30 of play in the opening quarter.

Anda Kuzmina knockdown down the Spartans first field goal of the game at the 5:42 mark.

USC Upstate's bench outscored High Point 10-7 in the first quarter of action.

The Panthers held 15 point leads on three different occasions in the opening quarter.

SECOND QUARTER BREAKDOWN

The Spartans shot 43 percent from the field and 50 percent from the three point arch in the second quarter.

USC Upstate forced five High Point turnovers and score five points off of the miscues.

Gibbons went 4-of-6 from the field and led all scorers with nine points in the quarter.

Lewis added eight points in the quarter with a pair of steals.

THIRD QUARTER BREAKDOWN

The two teams were tightly competitive in the third quarter with High Point edging out USC Upstate 17-14.

DeNisha Swain scored the Spartans first points of the quarter and brought the deficit to within 17 of the Panthers.

High Point then went on a 9-2 run over the next four minutes of action.

USC Upstate scored 10 of their 14 points at the free throw line in the third quarter.

FOURTH QUARTER BREAKDOWN

High Point started off the final quarter with an 8-0 run and extended their lead to 31 points over the Spartans.

Gibbons scored the Spartans first basket with 7:51 remaining in the game.

USC Upstate scored eight of their 14 points in the paint in the final quarter.

The Spartans shot 40 percent from three point range and 37 percent from the field in the fourth quarter.

UP NEXT

The Spartans next game will be on the road against Winthrop on January 10 at 7 p.m.

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